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Protospiel 2012? Yep, it's happening for the third time in a row! Share your thoughts here.enPhotoshttp://protospielsouth.com/node/235
<p>Greetings!</p>
<p>Hope nobody minds having their photo posted here:</p>
<p><a href="http://gregspace.us/blog/2012/05/20120526_PJ.jpg">Crestone</a></p>
<p><a href="http://gregspace.us/blog/2012/05/20120526_Matt_Carl_David.jpg">Access Denied</a></p>
<p><a href="http://gregspace.us/blog/2012/05/20120527_Robo_Cluck.jpg">Robo-Cluck</a></p>
<p><a href="http://gregspace.us/blog/2012/05/20120527_Andy_Dan_Kathy.jpg">Salvage</a></p>
<p><a href="http://gregspace.us/blog/2012/05/20120527_Hawks.jpg">Hawks</a></p>
<p>Thanks for a great time!</p>
<p>Greg</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/235#commentsProtospiel South 2012Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:28:09 +0000Gregor235 at http://protospielsouth.comThe meet 'n greet was big fun!http://protospielsouth.com/node/233
<p>Had a great time at the meet 'n greet. Including myself, there were seven of us there. Five of us at HubAustin, picked up one while walking in the parking lot of Hill's, and met one in Hill's lobby. Had a great dinner with lively conversation, went back to HubAustin, and played three games: a clever "reverse deck-building" game called World's Dawn, Survival of the Fittest (agame that explores the Tragedy of the Commons), and a bluffing dice game called Pirates vs. Ninjas. Wrapped up at midnight.</p>
<p>Now to sleep, wake up, get change for the cash box, orange juice, coffee, and breakfast tacos. See y'all tomorrow!</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/233#commentsProtospiel South 2012Sat, 26 May 2012 05:55:46 +0000pspiel233 at http://protospielsouth.comWonko's pizza dinner Saturday night!http://protospielsouth.com/node/232
<p>I'm tremendously pleased to announce that Eric Dow, the owner of Wonko's Toys and Games ( <a href="http://www.wonkos.com/" title="http://www.wonkos.com/">http://www.wonkos.com/</a> ) will continue his tradition of chairing the "Ask a Retailer" pizza dinner on Saturday night. Join Eric and the rest of the Protospiel South crew Saturday evening (6:00, plus or minus an hour) to listen to Eric talk about the current state of the retail hobby game industry, share tales from the front lines, pontificate on his approach to retail game sales, and answer your questions about how to make your games more retail-friendly.</p>
<p>...and on top of that, he's feeding y'all pizza! Eric's a top-notch guy, and he runs a great store. Come to the dinner, and make sure to check out Wonko's Toys and Games When you're in northwest Austin / Cedar Park.</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/232#commentsProtospiel South 2012Fri, 25 May 2012 21:04:50 +0000pspiel232 at http://protospielsouth.comPre-reg attendees as of 5/24/2012 @ 2 PMhttp://protospielsouth.com/node/231
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>We have 22 pre-registered attendees (mostly designers, but a good number of playtesters) right now. I know with 100% certainty that there are a number of people who will attend who have not pre-registered. I'm feeling good about this year, and I'm looking forward to seeing y'all this weekend.</p>
<p>An interesting thing: Because HubAustin is so awesome, I'm able to let playtesters in at the "pay what you wish" rate. I've resisted this in the past because (frankly) I would have had to radically increase the designer rate to cover the cost of the room. My "secret" reason for resisting this was that I don't want designers to set up camp and run their game over and over without getting up and playing other designers' games. Playing the games of other designers is at least as useful as getting your game playtested.</p>
<p>So I'm asking each of you who read this to do me a favor: Play at least two other designers' games each day. Ideally, you'll play even more. If you spot a "camper" encourage a "play swap" – "Hey, you come play my game, and I'll play yours.". Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>A little more on letting playtesters in for cheap: Empty conventions are less fun. Last year would have been bleak if not for that amazing group of college students from Cleveland, Ohio. As Protospiel South grows, more people will come to it. Whether you're a playtester or a designer, I'm happy to see you at the convention! And on that note...</p>
<p>See y'all at the convention this weekend!</p>
<p>Jonathan L.</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/231#commentsProtospiel South 2012Thu, 24 May 2012 19:00:52 +0000pspiel231 at http://protospielsouth.comHub Austin and Environshttp://protospielsouth.com/node/194
<p>So, as a registrant who is not selling fake Gucci handbags (sorry guys, I'm fresh out), I was looking around the area around Hub Austin for hotels. I see that there is a cluster around Ben White &amp; I35, and a few strung along Ben White, north of the location.<br />
Any thoughts by anybody? Has anybody got any particular opinions of hotels around there? Anybody want to see if we can get some kind of block discount going at a place?</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/194#commentsProtospiel South 2012Wed, 02 May 2012 17:46:33 +0000MisterNihil194 at http://protospielsouth.comBlog coverage?http://protospielsouth.com/node/181
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I run a blog called CritsHappen.com, dedicated to gaming, primarily focusing on tabletop. I am interested in coming to ProtoSpeil South as I am local to Austin, to cover the event for my blog. I wanted to ensure this would be ok, as the bulk of this site talks directly about designers and testers, and while I would love to engage in testing, my primary goal would be to help get the word out about games, the convention, and the people behind it all.</p>
<p>Any questions or concerns, just let me know.</p>
<p>thanks,<br />
Tox</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/181#commentsProtospiel South 2012Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:25:13 +0000toxziq181 at http://protospielsouth.comPublishers?http://protospielsouth.com/node/167
<p>Do you know if any publishers will be in attendance this year?</p>
http://protospielsouth.com/node/167#commentsProtospiel South 2012Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:50:37 +0000gamebot3000167 at http://protospielsouth.com